CS 3204 - Operating Systems

Institution:

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Covers the concept of a "process", its abstract and physical representations, its creation, management and scheduling. Study of: a thread process and how it relates to the parent; asynchronous concurrently executing processes, shared memory access, synchronization via semaphones, critical regions and monitors. Additional topics: deadlock prevention, avoidance, and detection, including Banker's Algorithm; memory management strategies including virtual memory; file representation and storage management; and device management. UNIX will be the reference system and the one used for project development and submission. A grade of C or better required in CS prerequisites 2504, and CS (2604 or 2606). X-grade allowed. Pre: (2504 or ECE 2504), (CS 2604 or CS 2606). (3H,3 Credits). I, II.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.VT.EDU

Phone Number:

(540) 231-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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